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Council approves rezoning for 1470 North Hague Avenue amid neighborhood traffic safety concerns
Summary
Council approved a rezoning for 1470 North Hague Avenue that will allow up to 460 apartments; neighbors and the area commission raised traffic‑safety and emergency‑access concerns. The developer committed to turn‑lane and frontage improvements and to provide pathway easements and a playground as part of the project.
Columbus City Council approved a rezoning request that allows a multi‑family complex of up to 460 units at 1470 North Hague Avenue after a hearing that included area commission testimony and a public speaker who cited traffic and emergency access concerns on Hague Avenue.
City staff supported the rezoning. Planning staff said the proposal’s density (about 15.75 units per acre) exceeds the Trey‑Roberts area plan’s “very low” suggestion for the site but found the proposal consistent with citywide design guidance (C2P2) because of design and site commitments. The West Scioto Area Commission recommended approval.
Applicant representatives described multiple design concessions and mitigation measures: they added a playground at the commission’s request, preserved wooded areas and easements for future pathways, and agreed to extend a southbound left‑turn lane to tie into an existing turning lane near a nearby charter school. The applicants said they worked with the county engineer and public service staff to coordinate turn lanes and other frontage improvements.
A resident who spoke at the meeting said Hague Avenue lacks shoulders in places, that traffic can back up and obscure sight lines near a dip in the roadway, and that emergency vehicles sometimes face constrained mobility; she asked council to consider the safety risks with an additional estimated 800 vehicles. Traffic management staff and the applicant said the developer’s plans and the traffic impact study include specific turning lane and frontage improvements and that the county engineer will be the permitting authority for certain roadway work.
Councilmembers emphasized that required roadway and access improvements will be built as part of development and that permitting and engineering review must be complete before construction. Councilmember Dorrance moved the rezoning for passage; the council recorded a roll‑call vote approving the measure. Councilmembers and city staff said they will continue to monitor coordination with the county engineer’s office and neighborhood concerns as the project proceeds to permitting.
